AASHTO LRFD (related software)

AASHTO LRFD

Overview
Related Software

• AASHTOWare - Family of software products developed, maintained and enhanced by AASHTO (American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials) and their affiliates under the Cooperative Computer Software Development activity. These products then available for license to AASHTO member departments, educational institutions, and other private and public agencies. The software suite includes: (1) AASHTO Trns*port - management of pre-construction and construction contract information; (2) Pontis - comprehensive bridge management system; (3) Virtis - bridge load rating; (4) Opis - bridge design; (5) DARWin - pavement analysis and design system; (6) SDMS - survey data management system; (7) TSIMS - transportation safety management system.
• BD2 (Bridge Designer II) - 2D stage construction analysis and design of pre/post-tensioned concrete bridges.
• BD3 - 3D stage construction analysis and design of pre/post-tensioned concrete bridges.
• CRSI Retaining Wall Program - Interactive design of reinforced concrete retaining walls.
• CivilFEM - Civil/Structural customization of the ANSYS Finite Element program.
• Conspan - Analysis and design of simple-span and multi-span precast and prestressed bridge beams.
• Consys - Live load and static analysis for single-span and multi-span bridges.
• LUSAS Bridge - Finite element analysis software for the design, analysis and load rating / assessment of bridge types. Software in available in 3 software levels with software options available to extend analysis capabilities to allow Vehicle Load Optimisation, Fast Multifrontal Solvers, Interactive Modal Dynamic Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Thermal / Field Analysis, Heat of Hydration Analysis, Rail Track Analysis
• Plate Girder Splice Design Spreadsheet - Spreadsheet for design of bolted splice for steel plate girders according to AASHTO LRFD, 3rd Edition (2004). English units.
• Plate I-Girder Section - Calculates noncomposite and composite (for modular ratios n and 3n) section properties for steel I-girders with concrete deck. Calculates cumulative stresses at critical locations for loads applied to noncomposite and composite sections. Detailed calculations for determination of flexural and shear capacity according to AASHTO LRFD, 3rd Edition, 2004. Calculates plastic and yield moments. English units.
• RetainWall - RetainWall is a software mainly developed for the purpose of designing a concrete or masonry retaining wall. The wall may retain soil or other granular material. It analyses the stability of the wall based on the loads and resistances, and results in bearing pressure, sliding, overturning and rotational stabilities. Loads applied on the wall may consist of self weight, soil pressure, water pressure, live and seismic loads. Resistances may consist of base friction and cohesion, passive earth pressure, other structures or a shear key. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) mode can be applied. If the wall is a reinforced concrete structure, the software also supports the reinforcement design. Main features: - Load and resistance factors design (LRFD) capable - Ready to use load and resistance factors combinations from AASHTO 2007, ACI 318-08 and IBC 2006 - Load and resistance factors editor to modify or create new combination - Concrete reinforcement design from ACI 318-08 - Force diagrams (moment, shear and normal) for every combination - Loads, resistances and reactions diagram for every combination - Wall stabilities (bearing, sliding, overturning, rotation) for every combination - Possibilities to choose active or at rest soil pressures - Possibilities to choose elastic (rock) or plastic (soil) bearing pressures - Possibilities to input user's soil pressure coefficients - Reinforcement design for upper stem, lower stem, toe and heel - Unit systems, properties, load and resistance factors, reinforcement design method, and page setup from last editing become the default for new design - Possibilities to add other loads on wall - Provide stability resistances from a shear key, toe passive soil pressure, adjacent structure, anchors or piles - Enable or disable a shear key, water or seismic - Support metric, SI and British unit systems - Easy, clear, quick and simple software operation - Help facilities
• SAM Integrated Bridge Design Software - Specialized bridge design software for medium span bridges that integrates code checking with analysis. Contains modules for section properties, differential temperature analysis of any section, design and assess of concrete sections, torsion and shear calculations for any section, and thermal cracking of concrete sections.
• Sofistik - FEA and CAD software for civil and structural engineering modeling, analysis, design, and detailing. SOFiSTiK is one of the most complete FE packages and covers almost all structural engineering disciplines: building, bridges, foundation, tunneling, membranes, lightweight, dynamics. Design code checks can be performed for 18 international codes. FEA suite (SOFiSTiK) includes the following programs: Sofistik Structural Desktop - SSD (main user interface that helps the user control various modules), CADINP (text editor and script language to define parametric input), SOFIPLUS (standard pre-processor based on AutoCAD), ASE (3D finite element analysis), STAR (3D frame analysis), SlabDesigner PRO (analysis of slabs, walls, frames and grillages), TALPA (linear and nonlinear plain strain/stress analysis), HASE (soil-structure interaction), PFAHL (analysis of pile foundations), HYDRA (analysis of potential problems), PHYSICA (multiphysical code for computation fluid dynamics that can be used for dynamic wind analysis of bridges and buildings). CAD Suite (SOFiCAD) includes the following programs: SOFiCAD DETAILING (tools for construction and formwork planning), SOFICAD REINFORCEMENT (used to generate reinforcement drawings within AutoCAD), SOFiCAD BAMTEC (detailing of reinforcement mats), SOFiCAD ALIGNMENT (horizontal and vertical alignment of highway structures and bridges), SOFiCAD STEELWORK (steel detailing), SOFiCAD DATA-EXCHANGE.